June 21, 2014 “ICH” – “DN“- – The New York Times revealed the U.S. ambassador in Iraq, Robert Beecroft, and the State Department’s top official in Iraq, Brett McGurk, recently met with the controversial Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi , who has been described as a potential candidate to replace al-Maliki. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: In other news from Iraq,…

by Brian Becker Press TV has conducted an interview with Brian Becker, with the ANSWER Coalition, in Washington, about the territory gains of foreign-backed ISIL terrorists in Iraq after wreaking havoc in Syria. The following is an approximate transcript of the interview. Press TV: Let’s look at what has happened here, you have these militants or terrorists…

The US government is to blame for the ongoing offensive by Takfiri militants in Iraq, which is a spillover of the turmoil in neighboring Syria, an analyst tells Press TV. “The United States should have tackled the crisis in Syria earlier… because it could have basically preempted its regional implications,” Nabil Mikhail told Press TV…

by Syed Zafar Mehdi . The late leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Imam Khomeini’s socio-political ideology was deeply rooted in Islam. While condemning the hard-nosed policies of the Shah regime, he always stood by the oppressed people of Iran. As world observes the 25rd demise anniversary of the late founder of the Islamic…

The United Nations and its Security Council are pursuing the interests of colonial powers, a leading human rights activist tells Press TV. “[The] United Nations with its structures of Security Council and permanent members and the veto, it is in reality a tool of colonial powers and we need to change that,” Massoud Shadjareh, from…

The following is the full text of the speech delivered on May 27, 2014 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a meeting with government officials and the ambassadors of Islamic countries in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The meeting was held on the occasion of Mab’ath. In the Name…

Sa’ad al-Faqih, the head of the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia, said on Wednesday that the number of jailed activists ranged from 25,000 to 30,000. Faqih also accused the government of stepping up the crackdown on dissent since the beginning of the year. The Saudi activist said the crackdown is a response to online…

By Felicity Arbuthnot “We gather tonight knowing that this generation of heroes has made the United States safer and more respected round the world.” (President Barack Obama, State of the Union address, 24th January 2012.) As Easter was celebrated in the US and UK with, for believers, the message of hope, Fallujah, the region and much…

April 23, 2014 “ICH” – It is unsurprising that public opinion in the UK and elsewhere, resents the notion that we should engage with the politics of the Middle East and beyond. We have been through painful engagements in Afghanistan and Iraq. After 2008, we have had our own domestic anxieties following the financial crisis. And…